Moments in July 2020: highlights of city life captured in the past month

Citizens watch an outdoor movie at Global Harbor Mall in Putuo District on July 19. Shanghai International Film Festival will screen 14 movie classics outdoors for free from home and abroad through August 7. 

Participants in the Festival Italiano display their products through a livestream show on July 2 at Columbia Circle in Shanghai. The festival was organized by the China-Italy Chamber of Commerce with the patronage of the Consulate General of Italy in Shanghai. 

Tourists light lotus candles at Jade Buddha Temple in Jing’an District after it reopened to visitors on July 10. Online reservations, health codes, masks and temperature checks are required for visitors. 

Wishes for high scores in college entrance exams are hung at Confucian Temple on July 5, two days before around 50,000 local students sat for the gaokao at 104 schools around the city. 

Kids interact with salesmen dressed as pandas on Huaihai Road on July 26. 

A balloon reflects the skyline of the Bund on July 28.